OSU shooter wounds 8

Police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

An officer blocks the scene as police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Eight people were sent to hospitals Monday morning with non-life threatening injuries after an attack on the Ohio University campus, fire and hospital officials said after the school sent a series of tweets telling students to shelter in place and to “Run Hide Fight.”

It was not clear how they had been hurt.

Four people were being treated for non-life threatening injuries at the university’s Wexner Medical Center, said Sherri Kirk, a hospital spokeswoman.

Two were being taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and two others were at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, according to those hospitals.

Cassidie Baker, an Ohio State senior, said she saw police or paramedics helping one person on the ground outside Watts Hall.

“No one really knows what is happening, other than there’s an active shooter,” she said.

Ohio State said about an hour and a half after sending out a series of tweets about an active shooter on campus that a shelter-in-place warning had been lifted and the scene was secure. The university tweeted that all classes would be canceled for the rest of the day.

“Run, hide, fight” is standard protocol for active shooter situations. It means: Run, evacuate if possible; hide, get silently out of view; or fight, as a last resort, take action to disrupt or incapacitate the shooter if your life is in imminent danger.

The university followed up with another tweet: “Continue to shelter in place in north campus area. Follow directions of Police on scene.” The university asked for anyone with information to call police.

Many police vehicles were at the scene. Police also blocked off roads around the perimeter of the campus, clogging area traffic.

With nearly 60,000 students at its main Columbus campus, Ohio State is one of the nation’s largest universities.

Police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

http://sidneydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_113759278-79acc67cc0fb4f278c4d1083727d995f.jpgPolice respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

http://sidneydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_113759278-5a3938636be84aa290d22099445ecfcd.jpgPolice respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

An officer blocks the scene as police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

http://sidneydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_113759278-c79fa038d68d47cea142fe9483db2a65.jpgAn officer blocks the scene as police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)